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Elegant, vintage Borne leather
settee from an Italian hotel.
This piece is valued at $3,600.
Dade City & San Antonio
98
Borne Settee Meridian Ave
By Larry LeMasters DADE CITY
LeMasters’ Antique News Service
52 Clinton Ave
Borne settees are known by many names,
including couch, sofa, chesterfield, settee, 4
or conversation seats or sofas. Borne 577 579
settees are circular, upholstered Victorian 579A
ottoman-type sofas with three or Ft. King Hwy. 301 98
four seat divisions and a central 75
division providing a backrest for 39
all of the seats. Borne settees were
called conversation seats or sofas Park your car in the treeshaded city lots and stroll
because they were often found in
hotel lobbies where guests could among our antique and collectible shops. Enjoy our
sit and chat with other guests.
Depending on the exact style, Circular Borne Settee with four seat small town charms. We’d love to have you!
three or four people could have divisions. This Victorian piece models a ZEPHYRHILLS
a tete a tete (social conversation) high Napoleon III style. Note the urn on Celebrating
without getting too familiar with the center piece. 20 Antiques 54 5th Ave.
each other. To Tampa YEARS! on the
The Borne settee MAin street Gall Blvd.
rose to popularity 1
during Napoleon III’s 41 39
period (noted for its Specializing
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styling) in France 2 To Plant City
(roughly 1852-1870). To Tampa 3
Victorians enjoyed
Borne seating since Peggy Capps, Proprietor
it allowed even lower (352) 523-0999
class people the
opportunity to pretend 14122 7th STREET DADE CITY
Unusual 19th century upholstered our-part Borne to be aristocratic and DADE CITY, FL 33525 3
Settee that is valued at $5,800. This settee has aloof.
locking parts that can be separated so that the Victorians would AMERICAN EAGLE
settee can be used as separate seating elements. often sit on Borne
settees in lobbies, ANTIQUES
with people they knew, and pretend to plan a tryst under the pretense of 14232 7th Street
unfamiliarity. This was Victorian fun. Dade City, FL 33523
Today, decorators still place Borne settees into some upscale hotel lobbies, 352-521-3361
formal business lobbies, and million dollar homes. OpEN 7 DAyS 11-5:30
While the words Borne “sofa” and “settee” were generally used in
England, Americans preferred the word Borne “couch.” The word couch AMERICAN EAGLE Late Century Modern Furniture
comes from the French word couche, which means “to lie down.” Couch ANTIQUES, TOO Decorative Arts & Accessories
originally meant piece of furniture for lying or sleeping on, but by the late
Victorian era, couch became the common American name for sofas. Featuring Fine Antiques 11853 Curley St, San Antonio
6 mi. from Dade City / 11 mi. from Zephyrhills
Original Borne settees are often found recovered, but that is not a bad 14119 7th Street 352-588-2001
thing since they are furniture pieces designed to be showy, not dirty, torn, Dade City, FL 33523 www.sanantonioantiquesflorida.com
and falling apart. Expect to pay $5,000 or more for a fully refinished, 352-521-0390 Proprietor, John C. Herrmann 4
reupholstered Borne settee. Then sit like you are Napoleon. OpEN 10-5 MON-SAT